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  • Subject: Re: Interesting Quote
  • From: Bob Clark <bclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:21:23 -0500
  • Organization: US Safety

I wasn't around then, but I would imagine that the CFOs and Controllers within
organizations drove the decisions that caused the Y2K problem.  After all, 
what's
a few thousand $ more for DASD to a computer programmer? <g>.

Glenn Ericson wrote:

>
>      Interesting quote I came across:
>
>      "Trust the computer industry to shorten the term 'Year 2000' to 'Y2K'.
>
>         It was that kind of thinking that got us into this situation in the
>       first place."
>
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